ballistics ?

[luvtohunt26]

i have a remington model 710 .270 win and i shoot remington core-lokt 150 grain and i have been considering switching to winchester ballistic tips
the reason is all the whitetail i have shot have been from 50-150 yards but i recently hunted a place where i could have shot 300 easy now there is no doubt of me hitting that far but would the core-lokt have the knock-down power

 

[MMCSRET]

Absolutely!!!!! The 270, 150 gr. core-lokt has put down more and heavier game than white tail deer. I'm surprised that you would use the 150. To my way of thinking the 130 is a better bullet for light deer and antelope. I have used the 150 on elk with no problems and also the 130 has taken mule deer and elk for me.

 

[Shawnee]

+1 for ABSOLUTELY !!!

 

[bang_bang]

The 150 grain at 300 yards is going to hit like a ton of bricks, but with significant drop over the 130 grain ballistic tips.

If you want flatter shooting, the 130 grain. Harder hitting, go with the 150 grain.

I shoot 130 grain Winchester Silver Tip ballistics out of my .270. According to Winchester's ballistic data, dropping only around 10.5 inches at 300 yards with a 100 yard zero. Pretty high velocity rounds too, but unless you reload, tend to be REALLY expensive compared to Core-Lokt ammunition.

 

[interlock]

Ballistic bull*hit

Contrary to popular belief a heavier bullet does not do more carcass damage than a lighter bullet. infact it will probably do quite a lot less. It does, however, retain its velocity well and it's energy, consequently. Both 130 and 150 gr bullets are proven game killers from .270 win. There will be some drop with the 150's but probably only an inch or so more (?). I would suggest the 150's will be less damaging to closer targets because they are not at quite the velocity of the 130s. Zero your rifle at 200 yards and learn your ballistic drop or take a laminated table with you. If you lase your target before firing you will be able to get the hold over dead right. if you are guestimating it will be a bit more hit and miss but you still will be ok aiming a couple of inches over the deers back to allow the bullet to drop and go through the centre of the chest for a heart and lung shot.

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[bang_bang]

From what I can remember about the 150 grain drop in a .270 at 300 yards is around 14-16 inches. Not sure if this is from a 100 or 150 yard zero, but my guess is 100 yard zero.

So basically you're looking at around a 3-5 inch difference in drop at 300 yards with a zero of 100 yards.

 

[MMCSRET]

The only problem I ever had with a 270/150 was; I did not hit squarely where I needed to and I shot clear thru a mule deer at 220 yards, luckily I was able to get a second good shot before he made it over the ridge. For that reason I quit hunting deer with any 150 and use only 130. My fault and my choice.